Abu Dhabi seems to be the newest hotshot places for Bollywood film
producers as the majority of the bigwigs in recent times have started
filming at its striking locales.

But a bond, which has got
stronger is of the ace Bollywood beauty Lara Dutta, who had not only
shot for her hit comedy film ‘Partner’ in 2007, but is also currently
shooting for her forthcoming David Dhawan movie “Do Knot Disturb.”

On
this, Lara said, “This place is like a lucky mascot as my last release
also had many portions shot here and it turned out to be a super-hit.

Abu Dhabi - What would Richard Wagner have thought?

The ceiling of the auditorium seemed to bend under the weight of gold stucco, spectators sank into plush seats, and as the orchestra let loose, someone pulled out a mobile phone and whispered greetings into the beyond.

The seven-star Emirates Palace Hotel is hardly evocative of the hard seats filled by worshipful Wagnerians at the German composer's opera house in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth.

It looks more like something out of Thousand and One Nights than Ring of the Nibelung.

Islamabad, Oct 20: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold negotiations on the Economic Stabilisation Programme this week in Abu Dhabi.

According to a senior official, the negotiations on the micro-economic programme would enable Pakistan to seek lending from the IMF without further negotiations, if Pakistan failed to get lending from other financial institutions within 30 days.

A Daily Times report said that the Pakistani team would present a economic stabilisation plan that got initial endorsement from international financial institutions (IFIs) during the recently concluded IMF annual general meeting at Washington.

Abu Dhabi - US film Disgrace, directed by Steve Jacobs, was awarded the prestigious Black Pearl award for best picture late Sunday at the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF).

Abu Dhabi - An array of celebrities and about 130 films from 35 countries are to be seen at the second edition of the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF), to be launched Friday in the United Arab Emirates.

Antonio Banderas and his wife - actress Melanie Griffith - will arrive for the red carpet, while "The Pianist" star and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, will attend the an exclusive screening of his new crime comedy "The Brothers Bloom", which will officially open the festival.